Key facts
- Paris police chief Patrice Faure issued the ban, which runs from November 16 to 20.
- The order bars unauthorized gatherings or marches within 100 meters of the named sites.
- Faure said the ban was needed because of numerous disruptions, blockades and persistent violence.
- Some 1,548 people have been arrested in Paris since the protests began, Faure said on Sunday.
- The interior ministry said 219 people were arrested across France on Saturday, including 45 in Paris.
- Saturday marked the fifth consecutive Saturday of protests by students, unions and yellow-vest activists.
Paris police chief Patrice Faure issued a five-day ban on protests near 10 secondary schools and five universities in Paris, prohibiting unauthorized gatherings or marches within 100 meters of the sites from November 16 to 20.
Faure said the ban was necessary because of "numerous disruptions and blockades around certain secondary schools and establishments of higher learning" and "persistent violence." He said blockades around certain schools and universities have led to damaged public property, violence against members of the educational community and clashes with law enforcement.
A wave of protests began in France in September over poor secondary school conditions, then spread to universities, workers and a yellow-vest movement against the cost of living. Mayors of eight Parisian districts contacted the regional education authority to call for measures to "secure the entrances and exits" of blockaded secondary schools, local media reported.
Faure said on Sunday that 1,548 people have been arrested in Paris since the protests began. On Saturday, 106,000 people from a range of groups took to the streets across France, including 24,000 in Paris, the interior ministry said. It was the fifth Saturday in a row that students, unions and yellow-vest activists protested, and the ministry said the number of protesters and arrests was much lower than previously, with 219 arrested nationwide, including 45 in Paris.